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February 11

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February 11

February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 323 days remain until the end of the year (324 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Tennessee man wins $100,000 Powerball prize while visiting Maryland. A Tennessee resident left his vacation in Maryland much richer after buying a lottery ticket in the state and winning a $100,000 Powerball prize.
2025: Wisconsin Lottery offers free Megabucks bonus tickets in February promotion. The Wisconsin Lottery announced that players have a chance to receive a free Megabucks ticket in a month-long "EZ Match Mania" promotion.
2020: Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack wins $150,000 lottery prize. Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is $150,000 richer after claiming a Powerball lottery prize Monday.
2019: NH Lottery considers legal action after U.S. Justice Department questions online sales. The New Hampshire Lottery is contemplating a lawsuit after the U.S. Justice Department deemed online lottery sales illegal.
2016: Pennsylvania Lottery testing payment with credit, debit cards. People can now use debit and credit cards to purchase Pennsylvania lottery tickets at nine Smoker's Express stores in the Harrisburg area as part of a new payment trial.
2015: $HALF-BILLION! Powerball raised again on monster sales. Less than 24 hours after lottery officials were forced to raise the Wednesday Powerball jackpot estimate, they have done it again — now to $500 million.
2013: Ornery dog leads to $1M lottery win. A group of blue collar University of Utah workers will split $1 million in lottery winnings thanks to a set of keys left in a truck and an ornery little dog named "Stella."
2012: Ohio's interim lottery chief given official title. Dennis R. Berg has been named director of the Ohio Lottery, Gov. John Kasich announced on Friday.
2011: Retired firefighter is $122M Powerball lottery winner. Stephen Kirwan, a retired 68-year-old Greene County, New York, resident, was introduced this morning as the $122 million winner of the Jan. 22 Powerball drawing.
2011: N.Y. couple claims $48.8M Powerball lottery jackpot. A New Your couple plans on a new car and a vacation after taking home $16.4 million from the multi-state Powerball lottery.
2011: 2 NY Powerball winners of $170M being introduced. New York Lottery officials say they'll present checks worth more than $170 million to two upstate New York winners of two recent Powerball drawings.
2011: N.M. acts to save Lottery scholarship fund. A lottery-financed college scholarship program is running out of money, and lawmakers are looking for a fix that won't hamper efforts to encourage young New Mexicans to attend universities and colleges in the state.
2011: S.C. Senate passes expanded gambling law. The South Carolina State Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would allow charities, schools and churches to hold raffles legally.
2005: Special lottery for Indiana National Guard troops won't advance. An Indiana lawmaker expressed disappointment Thursday that her proposal for a special lottery to support the Indiana National Guard will not get a chance to advance in the state Senate.
2005: Delaware Lottery looking for $7.7 million winner. Delaware Lottery officials are pulling out all the stops to figure out who bought a $7.7 million winning Delaware Lotto ticket for the January 27th drawing.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $150 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball, increasing the Friday jackpot to $150 million, with a cash option of $89 million.
2004: Storeowners Receive Share Of Lottery Jackpot. The winners of last week's $85 million Powerball jackpot have yet to come forward, but the storeowners who sold the ticket received their share of the pot Tuesday.
2004: Lotto winner gives $1M to friend. Twenty years ago, buddies Funk and Michael Hawryshko promised each other that if one of them ever won the lottery, he'd give the other a million bucks.
2004: Tennessee Lottery Brings In $96.5 Million In First Three Weeks. Starting the Tennessee Lottery 21 days earlier than the original Feb. 10 target date has resulted in approximately $96.5 million in ticket sales in just three weeks, which means nearly $30 million for education programs in the state to date, Lottery officials said Tuesday.
2004: Bill created to clean up Colorado lottery. Concerned over an audit that found problems with the Colorado Lottery, lawmakers began work Tuesday on a bill that would require ethics training and criminal background checks of all lottery officials, including the governor's appointees.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$564.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2015
2.$425 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2024
3.€368.12 Million US$393.33 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2023
4.$385 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2026
5.$336.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2012
6.$286.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2014
7.$285 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2017
8.$269.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2024
9.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2006
10.$242 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2019
11.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2018
12.$202 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2020
13.€163 Million
US$197.47 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2021
14.€155.17 Million
US$176.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2022
15.$176.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2022
16.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2016
17.€129 Million
US$175.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2010
18.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
19.€151 Million
US$170.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
20.€138 Million
US$170.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
21.$153.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2025
22.$153 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
23.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2004
23.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2008
25.€119.35 Million
US$141.7 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2026

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: Reza726
Sunday, Feb 11, 1990
36 years old
1986: TattooMane
Tuesday, Feb 11, 1986
40 years old
1985: Ebrown39
Monday, Feb 11, 1985
41 years old
1983: JPotPhilly
Friday, Feb 11, 1983
43 years old
1981: DaViTV
Wednesday, Feb 11, 1981
45 years old
1980: CrownedJewel52
Monday, Feb 11, 1980
46 years old
1979: Cherine
Sunday, Feb 11, 1979
47 years old
1979: Ravensholst
Sunday, Feb 11, 1979
47 years old
1979: Samara43
Sunday, Feb 11, 1979
47 years old
1978: tre 01
Saturday, Feb 11, 1978
48 years old
1978: sis242
Saturday, Feb 11, 1978
48 years old
1976: saprinaW
Wednesday, Feb 11, 1976
50 years old
1971: pryz
Thursday, Feb 11, 1971
55 years old
1967: cloud9
Saturday, Feb 11, 1967
59 years old
1967: Hazel$eyes
Saturday, Feb 11, 1967
59 years old
1966: SaraW836
Friday, Feb 11, 1966
60 years old
1964: Drobins950
Tuesday, Feb 11, 1964
62 years old
1961: Jackio211
Saturday, Feb 11, 1961
65 years old
1961: miles$
Saturday, Feb 11, 1961
65 years old
1958: hollism1$
Tuesday, Feb 11, 1958
68 years old
1946: doubles482
Monday, Feb 11, 1946
80 years old
: SoBe Yourself
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: 2024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland.
2020: COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.
2018: Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.
2017: North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
2016: A man shoots seven people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
2015: A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
2014: A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
2013: The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI would resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
2013: Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff.
2011: Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
2008: Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2001: A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
2000: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
1999: Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
1997: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
1990: Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1990: Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
1979: The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1978: Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.
1971: Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1970: Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
1963: The Beatles recorded their first album Please Please Me
1959: The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1953: Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1953: Israeli-Soviet relations are severed.
1946: The New Testament of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first significant challenge to the Authorized King James Version, is published.
1942: World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1938: BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
1937: The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
1933: LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.
1929: The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1919: Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1906: Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
1903: Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
1889: The Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
1873: King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic.
1861: American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1858: Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes, France.
1856: The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
1855: Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
1843: Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
1840: Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
1826: University College London is founded as University of London.
1823: Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
1812: Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
1808: Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1794: First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
1659: The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1586: Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.
1584: A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
1534: At the Convocation of Canterbury, the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the Province of Canterbury agree to style Henry VIII supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".
1144: Robert of Chester completes his translation from Arabic to Latin of the Liber de compositione alchemiae, marking the birth of Western alchemy.
951: Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
55: The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
660 BC: Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

Births On This Day

2002: Liam Lawson, New Zealand racing driver
2001: Bryan Gil, Spanish footballer
2000: Nassir Little, American basketball player
1998: Trent Frederic, American ice hockey player
1998: Josh Jacobs, American football player
1998: Khalid, American singer and songwriter
1997: Damien Harris, American football player
1997: Mike Hughes, American football player
1997: Hubert Hurkacz, Polish tennis player
1997: Rosé, New Zealand-South Korean singer and dancer
1997: Zavier Simpson, American basketball player
1996: Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player
1996: Jonathan Tah, German footballer
1996: Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer
1995: Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer
1995: Rick Karsdorp, Dutch footballer
1994: Dansby Swanson, American baseball player
1993: Ben McLemore, American basketball player
1992: Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist
1992: Taylor Lautner, American actor
1992: Jake Matthews, American football player
1991: Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian football player and medical doctor
1991: Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player
1990: Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
1990: Q'orianka Kilcher, German-American actress
1990: Hwang Chan-sung, South Korean singer and actor
1988: Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player
1987: Luca Antonelli, Italian footballer
1987: Juanmi Callejón, Spanish footballer
1987: Brian Matusz, American baseball player (died 2025)
1987: Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater
1987: Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
1986: Gabriel Boric, Chilean politician, 36th President of Chile
1985: Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Šárka Strachová, Czech skier
1984: Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter
1984: Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist
1984: Aubrey O'Day, American singer and reality television personality
1984: Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Alando Tucker, American basketball player and coach
1983: Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
1982: Daryn Colledge, American football player
1982: Natalie Dormer, English actress
1982: Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete
1982: Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
1981: Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress
1980: Matthew Lawrence, American actor and singer
1979: Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1978: Roc Marciano, American rapper and record producer
1977: Mike Shinoda, American musician and artist
1976: Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976: Bryce Salvador, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Andy Lally, American race car driver
1975: Callum Thorp, Australian cricketer
1975: Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach
1974: Nick Barmby, English footballer and manager
1974: D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974: Alex Jones, American radio show host and conspiracy theorist
1974: Isaiah Mustafa, American actor and football player
1974: Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player and coach
1973: Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1972: Steve McManaman, English footballer
1972: Kelly Slater, American surfer
1971: Damian Lewis, English actor
1969: Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer
1969: Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer
1969: John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1968: Mo Willems, American author and illustrator
1967: Ciro Ferrara, Italian footballer and manager
1965: Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player
1964: Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska
1964: Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler
1962: Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician
1962: Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Carey Lowell, American actress
1960: Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut
1959: Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver
1957: Tina Ambani, Indian actress and chairperson
1956: Catherine Hickland, American actress
1956: Didier Lockwood, French violinist (died 2018)
1954: Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter
1953: Philip Anglim, American actor
1953: Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
1953: Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (died 2014)
1951: Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th Governor of Utah
1949: James Silas, American basketball player
1947: Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan
1947: Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer
1946: Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2007)
1945: Michael Scott, first CEO of Apple Inc.
1944: Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician (died 2016)
1944: Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
1943: Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
1943: Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (died 2011)
1942: Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter (died 2016)
1941: Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 2024)
1940: Calvin Fowler, American basketball player (died 2013)
1939: Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (died 2014)
1938: Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (died 2018)
1937: Ian Gow, British politician (died 1990)
1937: Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1937: Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
1937: Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (died 2010)
1936: Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (died 2018)
1935: Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (died 1971)
1934: Mel Carnahan, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (died 2000)
1934: Tina Louise, American actress and singer
1934: Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military leader of Panama (died 2017)
1934: David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (died 2013)
1932: Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician
1930: Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (died 2007).
1930: Mary Quant, British fashion designer (died 2023)
1926: Paul Bocuse, French chef (died 2018)
1926: Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2010)
1925: Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (died 2013)
1925: Kim Stanley, American actress (died 2001)
1924: Budge Patty, American tennis player (died 2021)
1923: Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (died 2010)
1921: Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2006)
1921: Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (died 2013)
1920: Farouk of Egypt (died 1965)
1920: Daniel F. Galouye, American author (died 1976)
1920: Billy Halop, American actor (died 1976)
1920: Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (died 1978)
1919: Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (died 1995)
1917: Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (died 2007)
1915: Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (died 2011)
1915: Richard Hamming, American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
1914: Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002)
1914: Josh White, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969)
1912: Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (died 1994)
1909: Max Baer, American boxer and actor (died 1959)
1909: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
1908: Philip Dunne, American screenwriter (died 1992)
1908: Vivian Fuchs, English explorer (died 1999)
1904: Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1983)
1904: Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian (died 2023)
1902: Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (died 1971)
1900: Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994)
1900: Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (died 2002)
1900: Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (died 1958)
1898: Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 1964)
1897: Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (died 1954)
1896: Claire Myers Owens, American author (died 1983)
1888: John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (died 1980)
1881: Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (died 1966)
1877: Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (died 1968)
1874: Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (died 1953)
1869: Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (died 1939)
1869: Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (died 1945)
1864: Louis Bouveault, French chemist (died 1909)
1863: John F. Fitzgerald, American politician; Mayor of Boston (died 1950)
1860: Rachilde, French author and playwright (died 1953)
1855: Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (died 1940)
1847: Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (died 1931)
1845: Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1936)
1839: Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (died 1903)
1833: Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1910)
1830: Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (died 1913)
1821: Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (died 1881)
1813: Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (died 1865)
1812: Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (died 1883)
1805: Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866)
1802: Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (died 1880)
1800: Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877)
1776: Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (died 1831)
1764: Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (died 1811)
1708: Egidio Duni, Italian composer (died 1775)
1657: Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (died 1757)
1649: William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (died 1715)
1624: Ivan Ančić, Croatian Franciscan and religious writer (died 1685)
1568: Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (died 1625)
1535: Pope Gregory XIV (died 1591)
1466: Elizabeth of York (died 1503)
1380: Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (died 1459)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Betsy Arakawa, American classical pianist (born 1959)
2025: Moses Lim, Singaporean actor (born 1949)
2024: Allen J. Bard, American chemist (born 1933)
2023: Donald Spoto, American biographer (born 1941)
2018: Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)
2018: Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952)
2018: Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (born 1956)
2018: Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930)
2017: Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)
2017: Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919)
2017: Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)
2016: Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1971)
2016: Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (born 1929)
2015: Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925)
2015: Bob Simon, American journalist (born 1941)
2015: Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
2014: Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (born 1924)
2014: Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (born 1916)
2014: Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian journalist and actor (born 1932)
2013: Rick Huxley, English bass player (born 1940)
2012: Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (born 1958)
2012: Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (born 1927)
2012: Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1963)
2011: Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
2010: Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1928)
2010: Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (born 1969)
2009: Estelle Bennett, American singer (born 1941)
2009: Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (born 1911)
2008: Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (born 1928)
2008: Frank Piasecki, American engineer (born 1919)
2006: Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (born 1940)
2006: Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (born 1940)
2006: Jackie Pallo, English wrestler and actor (born 1926)
2006: Matilda, American chicken and stage magician, oldest known chicken (h. 1990)
2005: Jack L. Chalker, American author (born 1944)
2004: Tony Pope, American voice actor (born 1947)
2004: Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (born 1925)
2002: Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (born 1910)
2002: Barry Foster, English actor (born 1931)
2000: Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (born 1922)
2000: Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
1996: Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (born 1930)
1994: Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (born 1946)
1994: Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (born 1930)
1994: William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)
1994: Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (born 1924)
1993: Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
1991: Dude Martin, American country singer, bandleader, radio and television host (born 1915)
1989: George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (born 1912)
1986: Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (born 1920)
1986: Evelio Javier, Filipino politician (born 1942)
1985: Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (born 1898)
1982: Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (born 1912)
1978: James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (born 1893)
1978: Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1977: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (born 1905)
1977: Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1902)
1976: Lee J. Cobb, American actor (born 1911)
1976: Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (born 1894)
1975: Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (born 1931)
1973: J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
1968: Howard Lindsay, American playwright (born 1889)
1967: A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (born 1885)
1963: John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872)
1963: Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1932)
1958: Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879)
1949: Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (born 1857)
1948: Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1898)
1947: Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884)
1942: Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)
1940: John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1875)
1940: Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (born 1855)
1938: Kalle Korhonen, Finnish politician (born 1878)
1931: Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (born 1854)
1918: Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (born 1861)
1917: Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (born 1872)
1905: Mary Pitman Ailau, high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
1901: Milan I of Serbia (born 1855)
1898: Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (born 1813)
1868: Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (born 1819)
1862: Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (born 1829)
1854: Magdalene Osenbroch, Norwegian actress (born 1830)
1829: Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795)
1811: Juan Sánchez Ramírez, leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (born 1762)
1795: Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (born 1740)
1768: George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (born 1695)
1763: William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (born 1714)
1755: Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (born 1675)
1650: René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1596)
1626: Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548)
1503: Elizabeth of York (born 1466)
1141: Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (born 1096)
824: Pope Paschal I
731: Pope Gregory II (born 669)
641: Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (born 575)
244: Gordian III, Roman emperor (born 225)
AD 55: Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (born 41)

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